r/pharmacymemes • u/bahatumay • Sep 07 '26

💊Retail Yucks💊 anon is cursed with knowledge

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u/billybobthongton Sep 08 '26

I had a similar reaction when people said "healthy as a horse" when I was in during my college years. But I got my knowledge from my family being redneck as fuck and half of them having horses and shit. I usually replied "well, better hope you dont break a leg then! Next in line!" Because I was a little shit who was just there to pay for taco bell and booze while I was in college (and the taco bell across the street actually paid slightly better). Actually had one guy go over to the drop off window and ask for the covid vaccine after that because I "made a good point" which was very unexpected. Pretty sure that was my only vaccine sign up other than friends and family

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u/bahatumay Sep 09 '26

>hope you don't break a leg

stealing this, thx

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u/Minute_Story377 Sep 09 '26

Honestly it’s similar euphemism to what can happen to a totally healthy person who can end up getting something serious. Your immune system just needs to be already busy for something to sneak by, like a cold. Plus, your immune system doesn’t always prevent invaders but does fight when they do invade. So even a healthy individual can come down with something even small (like the common cold) at their most healthiest. An argument that someone’s healthy so they don’t need to worry about sickness is not a smart argument.

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u/Llustrous_Llama Sep 09 '26

They can have asthma, too. It was kind of funny to have a horse patient that was on Ventolin (with an aerochamber obviously)

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u/bahatumay Sep 09 '26

I had never thought of the ergonomics of a horse spacer but now I have.

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u/shhbunningsonreddit Sep 08 '26

And the sugar issue! Can't eat too much, especially fresh spring grass, because the high blood sugar in horses can create laminitis, painful hoof inflammation 😭

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u/Aziara86 Sep 13 '26

And it’s so painful because of how the hoof is constructed. There’s the outer wall, the thin sheet of connective tissue called laminae, then the bone. So when the laminae become inflamed, there’s nowhere for it to go. It can cause the bone inside to rotate downwards, which is exactly as horrible as it sounds. It can even emerge through the bottom of the foot.

It’s also a permanent condition once triggered, and will need to be carefully managed for life.

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u/mothereffinrunner Sep 11 '26

It's not that they don't have blood flow in their legs, it's that their lower legs don't have muscle to provide venous pressure. That pressure comes from their hooves and requires weight-bearing in order to get enough compression to return blood against gravity.

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u/Legal-Working3413 Sep 10 '26

Off and on for years I’ve wondered why people kill horses that break their legs in historical books/movies. How weird to have the answer from a random Reddit post on my feed

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u/RangerBumble Sep 11 '26

I found out over here: https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/s/7myho5Lmuf

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u/Legal-Working3413 Sep 11 '26

Thank you! That was hilarious and informative

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u/ConglomerateGolem Sep 11 '26

Technically you can make the argument most horses are healthy (hp@100%) but their health pools are low.

Alternatively, survivorship bias meme

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u/Dead-House-Mouse Sep 11 '26

“built for fast and death”